Rethinking Communication guide to advanced dementia

There is good news So, it looks like we have painted a pretty dim picture so far, doesn’t it? However, good news follows! Both research findings and the experiences of professional and family caregivers provide a great deal of evidence to suggest that people with advanced dementia do retain the desire as well as the ability to communicate with others. In fact, the urge to interact is perhaps our most vital element. It may be the last characteristic to leave us. However, the way that advanced dementia reveals a desire to communicate may not be easily recognisable. It is easy for those attempts to connect to go unnoticed or misinterpreted. This is understandable, given that the non-verbal communication of people with dementia is so often confusing, distressing and even scary. Having confidence that it is communicatory is essential because that allows anxiety to be replaced with curiosity. An interest in behaviour provides the best chance of discovering the communicative abilities